Economics

What is the Irish position in Brexit developments? As I am writing this piece, I am sitting in a “boulangerie” on the “Avenue of the Americas” in New York. The European influence is everywhere in this beautiful patisserie – the

The first thing that hits you is the heat, then it’s the number of people in such a relatively small space and then, the biggest thing of all is the chaotically efficient (or efficiently chaotic!) experience on the roads. I

Are you curious about “fintech”? It stands for “financial technology” and it is the topic of many conversations at the moment. Fintech is more and more widespread and we are all using it to some extent nowadays. Have you ever bought

Are you ready to live to 100 years old? This was the subject of my presentation to Business in the Community Northern Ireland, as part of their “Age in the Workplace’ initiative. A study recently published in the Lancet highlights

What is CETA, and what does it mean? CETA, the “Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement”, is the new Canada – EU trade deal that has taken eight years to hammer out. It opens up many doors for Ireland to sell into

This article originally appeared in the June issue of CPA Ireland Magazine (Certified Public Accountants) In the days of the uberisation of the workforce and the emergence of FinTech (financial services technology), does accountancy have a future? As with

Fighting Childhood Obesity: The British government recently published its Obesity Strategy, to very mixed reviews. Critics say that the plan has been watered down and won’t be effective to fight against the worrying rise of obesity in the UK, especially childhood obesity.

Brexit and Immigration: – Leaving the EU won’t solve the UK’s immigration issue – UK Referendum In the past few months, I’ve written an article about how popular pro-Brexit arguments (i.e. the EU is a third party diktat, the UK will

Over the past number of months, I have heard a lot of arguments for Brexit and against. “Brexit” stands for “British Exit”, the possibility that Britain would leave the European Union. In this article, I want to examine some of